Shenandoah valley pioneers and their descendants : a history of Frederick County, Virginia (illustrated) from its formation in 1738 to 1908
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Shenandoah valley pioneers and their descendants : a history of Frederick County, Virginia (illustrated) from its formation in 1738 to 1908
- Publication date
- 1909
- Topics
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Genealogy, Frederick County (Va.) -- History, Hampshire County (W. Va.) -- History, Berkeley County (W. Va.) -- History, Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History, Jefferson County (W. Va.) -- History, Hardy County (W. Va.) -- History, Clarke County (Va.) -- History, Warren County (Va.) -- History, Morgan County (W. Va.) -- History, United States -- Shenandoah River Valley, Virginia -- Clarke County, Virginia -- Frederick County, Virginia -- Shenandoah County, Virginia -- Warren County, West Virginia -- Berkeley County, West Virginia -- Hampshire County, West Virginia -- Hardy County, West Virginia -- Jefferson County, West Virginia -- Morgan County
- Publisher
- [Winchester, Va.] : [Printed by the Eddy Press Corp.]
- Collection
- americana
- Book from the collections of
- Harvard University
- Language
- English
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vii, 587 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : 28 cm
vii, 587 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : 28 cm
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- 2008-03-31 00:18:52
- Copyright-region
- US
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- 0
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- shenandoahvalle00cartgoog
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t50g3pz8t
- Lccn
- 09028414
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- Openlibrary_edition
- OL20621565M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL13179615W
- Page_number_confidence
- 93.74
- Pages
- 607
- Possible copyright status
- NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
- Scandate
- 20060912
- Scanner
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 41246691
- Year
- 1909
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Reviews
Reviewer:
ltccoleman
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May 22, 2022
Subject: Errors
Subject: Errors
Most Cartmell genealogy disseminates out of what Thomas Kemp Cartmell wrote about the family in his book, widely available and over 500 pages. Serious Genealogists have long been critical of the summaries of various families including his own. Some of his errors follow a pattern showing he had a great problem with chronology and in identifying generations. Whereas many amateur genealogists often confuse two men of the same name merging records of two men into one. T.K. Cartmell did something rather different. He often took records relating to one man and decided, for a variety of reasons known only to him, that these records must relate to two men of the same name. Some examples will be given in relation to the Cartmells. T.K. Cartmell’s grandfather and great-grandfather were both named Nathaniel and both had wives named Sarah though curiously T.K. Cartmell makes no mention of his great-grandmother until a brief reference to her in a paragraph on Nathaniel and Sarah’s youngest son Martin. Sarah died in 1815 leaving her own will. Then T.K. Cartmell proceeds to identify his great-great-grandfather as a third Nathaniel Cartmell saying he died about 1765. Here he has divided the records of one man into two. Cartmell researchers caught this error decades ago though it still dominates many pedigrees. His great-grandfather was the son of Martin Cartmell, born in 1685, who brought his family to Frederick County, Virginia along with his mother, Dorothy Cartmell. Cecil Odell also clarifies this in his book Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia.
Reviewer:
Jesse L. Russell
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July 25, 2017
Subject: Corrections to Cartmell
Subject: Corrections to Cartmell
Although I highly recommend this book, there are a number of both small and large errors. In Cartmell's chapter on "The Old Justice's Court", he describes a case starting on page 109 that he got completely wrong. I have studied this case thoroughly and it was called "Bennett Russell and Others vs. Negroes Juliet and Others. He writes that the plaintiff (Bennett Russell) was the son of Bennett Russell. He was the son of John Russell Crafton who had left in his will,written in 1839, the freedom of his slaves. In 1842, a rather suspicious 2nd will was written. Upon the death of Bennett's father, the original will was recorded first and Bennett and his siblings then recorded the second will that revoked the slaves freedom and directed that they be sold and the heirs divide equally the proceeds of the slave sale. The case began in 1848 and not in 1851. The slaves had hired Richard E. Parker as their attorney. When Judge Douglas died, Parker was elected judge to the 13th circuit court district that included Clarke and Jefferson Co.s. As judge, he could no longer represent the slaves and the court was removed to Frederick Co. In 1856, the second will was upheld and the slaves were sold as directed by such will.
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